(04-28-2023, 08:30 AM)Jagulars Wrote: Moved down and he was still available. It's a good pick. Didn't feel they would go OL in the first round before the news about Robinson. This will be interesting. They could put Anton at LG. I feel they may be eyeing Dawand Jones at RT in the 2nd round. If they can't get him, I hope they grab Cam Smith from South Carolina who I feel will be one of the best DBs in the long run from this draft class.

This is ideal. In bold. I wouldn't have been mad if they took him last night at 24. Joey Porter Jr. is probably the first guy to come off the board tonight. Makes too much sense with Pittsburgh RIGHT THERE. 

Cam Smith is worth trading up for. Outside of him I would say our next best bet would be Julius Brents, as far as adding a pure, natural CB on the outside to compliment an ascending Tyson Campbell. Gives us the option of moving Williams back to the slot, or, again, there's a ton of picks we now have to add a nickel CB like Mekhi Blackmon, Riley Moss or Garrett Williams.

Baalke is [BLEEP] smart. What he did last night is setting this team up to make a move or two before we get into the real meat and potatoes of this draft starting Saturday. He's probably looking to make some good, solid "base hits" in RD2 and RD3 and then whatever is left is all about adding more athletic big guys as depth and developmental players to take over in 2024. 

It's early. But, this is what you're supposed to do as a team. When you make big splashes in free agency, you have to game the draft system better, trading up last year into RD1 last year and now trading down in RD1, in this draft class? Smart.

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